TextGrid – Virtual Research Environment for the Humanities
eScience methods in Arts and Humanities
The joint project TextGrid aims to support access to and exchange of data in the arts and humanities by means of modern information technology (the grid). In 2006 development began on a web-based platform, one which will provide services and tools for researchers for analysis of text data in various digital archives - independently of data format, location and software.
TextGrid serves as a virtual research environment for philologists, linguists, musicologists and art historians. As a single point of entry to the virtual research environment, TextGridLab provides integrated access to specialized tools, services and content. TextGridRep is a long-term archive for research data in the humanities embedded in a grid infrastructure, which will ensure availability and access to its research data as well as interoperability. The joint research project TextGrid is part of the D-Grid initiative, and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the period starting June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2012 (reference number: 01UG0901A).
TextGrid News
TextGrid presentation on Dublin Core Conference 2008
This year TextGrid was presented at the Dublin Core Conference on an information booth and in a special issue seminar held by Laurent Romary, Werner Wegstein and Lou Burnard. During the coffee break the ca. 150 participants...
[more] 08.10.2008
TextGrid now listed by Intute
The british academic catalogue Intute affiliated TextGrid in the list of the very best Web resources for education and research. TextGrid is listed in the section Arts & Humanities / Humanities Computing.
Intute is created by a...
[more] 18.07.2008
3rd Call D-Grid
On April 22, 2008, the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) published the 3rd D-Grid Call. As a community project from inception TextGrid submitted a proposal. Together with four new partners, including the...
[more] 11.07.2008
Start of GoeGrid
The Goettingen Grid Ressource Centre (GoeGrid) will launch on May 13, 2008 as technical basis of a new scientific infrastructure and scientific communication landscape. This centre is a result of cooperating researchers in the...
[more] 11.04.2008
e-Humanities – an Emerging Infrastructure for the Digital Arts and Humanities
This is the title of an article published recently by TextGrid members. The article deals with buildinig a virtual research environment for the humanities and potential responsibilities of a research infrastructure....
[more] 12.02.2008
